The Vancouver Sun has obtained a copy of an internal audit of Petronas from 2013 — and it’s far from promising. For example, the auditors identified a high probability for “catastrophic” events — which could include “multiple fatalities” — if the company left unchecked a handful of safety and integrity issues at its offshore Malaysian operations.

Petronas is the majority shareholder of a proposed LNG plant near Prince Rupert, B.C. However, the Sun couldn’t get an answer from the province about whether it knew about these issues, the worst of which Petronas says have been corrected.

Ottawa is trying to broaden the mandate of the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission. As the Vancouver Sun reports, the Conservatives want to give the commission the authority to regulate four LNG plants in northwest B.C. Currently, the commission has jurisdiction over a pair of smaller plants elsewhere in the province. However, the plants in question would be built on federal port lands or waters.

Canadians can forget about the Northern Gateway pipeline if they elect a Liberal government in October. That’s because under Justin Trudeau’s leadership, oil tankers would no longer be able to travel through Dixon Entrance, Hecate Strait and Queen Charlotte Sound — all points along British Columbia’s northern coast. Instead, the Liberals would formally ban oil tanker traffic in the region, Trudeau said Thursday, as part of his plan to protect Canada’s oceans.

NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair yesterday voiced his support for the country’s controversial uranium industry yesterday. As Reuters reports, Mulcair said an NDP government would honour the Conservative government’s decision to allow an Australian firm to own a proposed uranium mine in Newfoundland and Labrador, which he says “seems to have opened the possibility for better investment.” Typically, Canadian uranium mines must be majority-owned by Canadian companies.

Internationally:

State environmental regulators from Ohio, Oklahoma and Texas testified earlier today at a hearing on the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. Among their criticisms, two of the regulators separately described the rule as being part of the administration’s “activist, overbearing regulatory agenda” and “extreme environmental agenda.” Meanwhile, a ranking Democratic member on the hosting House Science Committee panel said, “We know that these assertions are just not true.”

The French president’s Envoy for the Protection of the Planet is calling on developed countries to put their money where their mouths are ahead of COP21. As Reuters reports, Nicolas Hulot said, “If the nations that are suffering the most are not reassured, we could be heading towards a clash at the conference.” In other words, developed countries need to get serious about their contributions to the Green Climate Fund.